Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48

CBS News ^ | Feb 11, 2012

[rdl6989]

LOS ANGELES - Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

[SevenofNine]

Anybody remember this MAD TV skit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2FnunslP1E

[SkyPilot]

This photo was taken last night - she had the look of death upon her.

[Lazamataz]

She had a gift in her voice and a mother who tried very hard to protect her. Wasn’t enough.

I have a gift in my brain (computers) and friends who tried very hard to protect me. Wasn't enough.

I needed to stop trying to run my life; I needed to get a Higher Power; I needed a sponsor who showed me how to take the 12 Steps; I needed to act and take those Steps.

[My hearts in London - Everett]

I hope this thread lasts longer than the other 3 (at least) that have been pulled. Shame, shame, shame on FReepers tonite! :~(( If people don’t haven’t anything nice or decent to say about Whitney Houston, they should keep it to themselves!

[Huntress]

She was a great talent. I was hoping she would make a triumphant comeback after she left Bobby Brown. RIP.

[vladimir998]

I agree. I think it is a shame she is dead, but if it was drugs, then she did it to herself. What a waste!

[potlatch]

And not only themselves, but they destroy others by their actions too.

[tomkat]

One day at a time, brother

RIP WH

[riri]

Whitney Houston, while a great talent and a beauty in her youth, was a PR creation. While she sang like an angel her speaking voice and vernacular told a larger tale of who she was. Water chooses it's own level. Bobby Brown's glass was likely filled to the same level as Whitney's was filled.

Either way, tragic. RIP.

[GOPsterinMA]

No surprise here. There are pics of her out of her mind from 2 days ago. A true waste.

“What did she see in Bobby Brown in the first place?”

FF to 1:15: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyGOJ1_kcI8

[Larry Lucido]

RIP Whitney. Thanks for your support of our troops during the Gulf War.

[potlatch]

Aww, we don’t want to remember her by that!

[Lazamataz]

I sure hurt others around me when I was in active addiction. No one uses drugs into a vaccuum.

[mamelukesabre]

No she didnt’. Looks like an ordinary sneeze to me.

[JimSEA]

Yeah don’t she just look like an ape. I hope someone takes a picture of you answering the call on nature so your relatives can display it on your coffin. Hatred is the desired norm these days

Live your perfect life. Sanctimonious twit.

[Fedupwithit]

‘Crack is Whack..’ -Whitney Houston

[stanne]

Bodleian,

BenLurkin posted this on another similar thread

All, don’t miss it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h9NN5FhJ7I&feature

[Lazamataz]

In Whitney H. I see the unfortunate end to a self inflicted situation and I feel bad for her family/children. It is no ‘Tragedy.”

It is a tragedy, my friend. As a recovering addict myself, I can tell you from personal experience, we lose the power of choice. Only by DAILY MAINTENANCE of my spiritual condition do I get a reprieve, and only one day at a time. I am one of the blessed ones; I survived.

[chessplayer]

Lindsey Lohan, you listening to this?

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Of course not. People like this are convinced it will never happen to them.

[potlatch]

I know that Laz, and anyone who beats it is a strong person!
Stay that way. ;)